DeAndre Smith is an American football coach and former player in the Canadian Football League for the Toronto Argonauts and in France Ligue Elite de Football Americain for the Aix-en-Provence Argonautes in 1993.
29 Facts About DeAndre Smith
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DeAndre Smith is currently the running backs coach for the Indianapolis Colts.
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DeAndre Smith has coached other college football teams such as Indiana, Northern Illinois, New Mexico and Utah State.
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DeAndre Smith was the Quarterback of a very potent triple-option offense for Missouri State football teams of the Bears' I-AA era.
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DeAndre Smith led the Bears to the Gateway Football Conference championship and the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA and 1990 playoffs under coach Jesse Branch.
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DeAndre Smith came to Missouri State from St Louis, Missouri in 1987 and quarterbacked the Bears all four of his college years, with his top exploits coming in his final two seasons.
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DeAndre Smith was a consensus I-AA All-America as a senior, winning top honors from the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Associated Press, Football Gazette, The Sports Network and American Football Coaches Association.
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DeAndre Smith's 405 passing yards in 1990 at Tulsa set an MSU single-game record.
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DeAndre Smith was a prolific runner, carrying the ball 613 times for 2,276 yards and 40 more touchdowns.
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DeAndre Smith was inducted into the MSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005.
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DeAndre Smith was hired by Indiana state as their offensive coordinator and Quarterbacks coach from.
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DeAndre Smith was then hired by Northern Illinois as their running backs coach and special team coach from.
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DeAndre Smith helped develop Michael Turner who led the Mid-American Conference in rushing twice.
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On January 21,2005, DeAndre Smith was hired as their running backs coach and running game coordinator under head coach Shane Montgomery.
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DeAndre Smith was the running backs coach for miami RedHawks from 2005 to 2007.
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DeAndre Smith was hired by New Mexico as their running backs coach under head coach Matt Wells in 2008.
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DeAndre Smith was hired by UNLV as their running backs coach under head coach Mike Sanford Sr.
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DeAndre Smith left UNLV after one season to join Illinois as their running backs coach from.
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DeAndre Smith was hired by New Mexico in 2012 as their running backs coach under head coach Bob Davie.
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DeAndre Smith joined New Mexico to help develop his son Ryan DeAndre Smith who was a freshman running back for New Mexico.
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DeAndre Smith was hired by Syracuse in 2013 as their running back coach reuniting him with his old offensive coordinator in Northern Illinois and now head coach Scott Shafer.
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DeAndre Smith has coached nine different 1,000-yard rushers during his 14-year college coaching.
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DeAndre Smith was supposed to join Arkansas as their running back coach but later was hired by Purdue as their running backs coach under head coach Darrell Hazell in 2016.
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On March 2,2017, DeAndre Smith was hired by North Carolina as their running backs coach under head coach Larry Fedora.
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Chris Kapilovic the offensive coordinator and DeAndre Smith played together in college for the Missouri State.
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DeAndre Smith was hired by Utah State as their running backs coach reuniting him with head coach Matt Wells which they worked together in 2008 in New Mexico.
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On December 12,2018, DeAndre Smith was hired by Texas Tech as their running backs coach, following Matt Wells who was hired as the program's head coach.
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On February 11,2022, DeAndre Smith was hired by the New York Giants as their running backs coach under head coach Brian Daboll.
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On February 18,2023, DeAndre Smith was reported to be hired by the Indianapolis Colts as their running backs coach under head coach Shane Steichen.